Big Red hockey has tall quarterfinals task in No. 1 Quinnipiac

8:52 PM,
Mar. 14, 2013

Cornell hockey coach Mike Schafer.

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After the successes of last season - a top-four finish in ECAC Hockey, an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament and a first-round defeat of Michigan - hopes for the Cornell men's hockey team were high this season.

The season started well enough, as the Red was 7-3-2 through 12 games and rose to as high as 11th in the U.S. College Hockey Online Division I poll. But a precipitous fall from grace began after the holidays, and the Red went from 11th in the nation to 11th in the league.

The seven-game losing streak was bewildering to all associated with the program, especially coach Mike Schafer, who ...